Longer. And until the 1970s you couldn't get a credit card without your husband co-signing. Or attend Medical school at Harvard, etc.
Hailed for her now-famous admonition that the Founding Fathers “remember the ladies” in their new laws, Abigail Adams was not only an early advocate for women’s rights, she was a vital confidant and advisor to her husband John Adams, the nation’s second president. She opposed slavery and supported women’s education.